Life is easy in Southern California. Good friends and community, gorgeous (mostly) weather, fun animals and not too much moving around is giving me the opportunity to really mull over how to engineer my future!

Last week in New Zealand! Then it's on the Southern California and back-to-back house sitting jobs. And the decision whether to go north for the rest of the summer, or stay in SoCal. Decisions, decisions.

We spent a magical day at the Redwood Treewalk, first walking the suspension bridges during the day and later, coming back to the spectacular night walk, with 30, giant lights suspended between the towering, giant trees.

I love going off the beaten track, especially when the bundu bashing leads to such a great surprise at the end! The blow hole at Whiritoa on the Coromandel was just that. Well worth the scrambling hike.